SORTIFY is built from the ground up as a privacy-first, zero-telemetry, local desktop utility. It is designed to run entirely offline on Microsoft Windows without communicating with external web services or telemetry endpoints.

1. Zero Data Collection & Telemetry:

   • No tracking, no user profiling, no remote logging, and no external API requests.
   • Operates 100% locally on your machine.

2. System Directory Boundaries:

   • Built-in path validators prevent accidental operation on critical Windows system directories (C:\Windows, C:\Program Files, C:\Program Files (x86), SystemRoot, and root system drives).

3. Data Loss Prevention & Atomic Move Safety:

   • Dry-Run Preview: Every organization step calculates a full preview before any filesystem modifications occur.
   • Collision Protection: Automatically detects existing target filenames and applies safe sequence numbering (e.g. file (1).ext) to eliminate data overwrites.
   • SHA-256 Duplicate Hashing: Incremental chunk-based hashing avoids loading huge files into memory while ensuring exact cryptographic duplicate matching.
   • Action Journaling & Undo: Complete history logging in %USERPROFILE%\.smart_file_organizer\history.json enables instant, 100% reversible batch undos.

4. Path Traversal & Injection Immunity:

   • Strict pathlib.Path.resolve() canonicalization neutralizes relative path manipulation attacks (../, symlink loops, or invalid environment strings).

Only the latest release of SORTIFY receives security updates and compliance enhancements:

We take the security and integrity of SORTIFY very seriously. If you discover a security vulnerability or potential issue:

1. Private Disclosure: Please report security vulnerabilities directly to the developer by opening an issue or contacting Francis Kusi via GitHub Profile.
2. Response SLA: We acknowledge all security reports within 24 hours and aim to release a patch within 7 days.
3. Public Disclosure: Please refrain from publicly disclosing the vulnerability until a security patch has been published.

SORTIFY is open-source software licensed under the MIT License.